Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah

The Bonneville Salt Flats lie in western Utah near the border with Nevada. They are a remnant of Lake Bonneville, a huge lake that covered much of northern Utah in the Pleistocene. As its waters receded, salts were left behind in basins. The Great Salt Lake, a bit further east, is the remaining \'wet\' remnant of Lake Bonneville.

Due to salt extracting the size of the Bonneville Salt Flats has bee reduced to approximately 120 square km (46 square miles). In summer, when the flats have dried completely, the flat surface is used for racing.